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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. Editor's Desk: News and Notes
1a. RootsWeb Logo Change
1b. National Genealogical Society Offers Scholarship for Home
Study Course
1c. Twenty-seventh International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
1d. A Site Worth Looking At
1e. Ancestry.com Is Looking for Stories About Your Veterans
1f. Using RootsWeb: Keeping Up with What's New on RootsWeb
2. Connecting Through RootsWeb:
Genealogists Are One Family
3. Bottomless Mailbag:
Letter from a Missouri Doughboy
The BOWSER name (2)
Tricky Handwriting
4. New at RootsWeb
4a. New User-contributed Databases
4b. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Individuals
4c. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Counties, States,
and Genealogical/Historical Societies
4d. New Mailing Lists
5. Humor/Humour
6. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. Editor's Desk: News and Notes
1a. RootsWeb Logo Change
As many of you know, RootsWeb is owned by The Generations Network
(formerly MyFamily.com, Inc.). When MyFamily.com, Inc. changed its
name to TGN in late 2006, the company also took on a major re-
branding effort, committed to bringing the visual identities of
Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com, MyFamily.com, Family Tree Maker, and
RootsWeb.com together. The end result of all that re-branding is
available on the TGN website
(http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aDu0Ek
For RootsWeb, the result of all of that hard work is that we have
been given a new logo! As we say goodbye to the RootsWeb tree, we
welcome the new logo (affectionately called "the sproutlets" by the
RootsWeb staff). We are especially excited that this logo symbolizes
growth and community, two vital components of what RootsWeb is all
about.
Over the next few weeks and months, you will start to see the
sproutlets pop up around RootsWeb. Eventually, the headers and site
logos all over RootsWeb will be replaced with this new logo, but we
want to wait to launch those changes until we can work together with
you, the community, on widespread visual changes. We've heard your
concerns about the readability of font sizes and colors and we know
that you, the community, are our very best resource for learning what
works on RootsWeb.
1b. National Genealogical Society Offers Scholarship for Home Study
Course
The National Genealogical Society (NGS) is offering a scholarship to
NGS members for its Home Study Course. The course is for intermediate
to advanced researchers seeking to improve their genealogical skills
and possibly pursue a career in genealogy. The course, which includes
feedback from experienced genealogists, normally costs $475.00.
Applications must be in by 1 May 2007. For application
instructions visit:
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aDv0El
1c. Twenty-seventh International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
15?19 July 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah
If you haven't heard already, the International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies is having its annual conference on Jewish
genealogy from the 15-19 July in Salt Lake City. The conference
includes world-renowned speakers, a daily Jewish Film Festival,
special photographic exhibits, and access to the Salt Lake Family
History Library. Registration before 1 May 2007 is $230.00;
afterward, it is $275.00. The 2008 Conference on Jewish Genealogy
will be at the Chicago Marriott Hotel from 17-22 August 2008. For a
complete conference program and registration information see:
www.slc2007.org
1d. A Site Worth Looking At
Library Thing
Library Thing is a fun site for helping you create a library out of
your own personal book collection. Enter some words from the title,
the author, or the ISBN and the site will automatically locate the
full book information and a thumbnail picture from Amazon.com, the
Library of Congress, or elsewhere. It will then create a catalog of
your books with the Dewey Decimal or Library of Congress
classification system, subject tags, etc. The site can also recommend
books you might like (or not like), connect you with users that have
similar reading interests, give you book ratings and other
information, and more.
www.librarything.com
1e. Ancestry.com Is Looking for Stories About Your Veterans
For Honor and Freedom ?Over There?
With less than twenty-five World War I veterans living today, are the
American servicemen who sacrificed for freedom in danger of being
forgotten? Ancestry.com wants to know the stories of the Great War
veterans in your family tree. How do you honor and remember them? How
has your family history work increased your understanding of their
service and sacrifices? We?re also interested in stories about
soldiers who served in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and more recent
conflicts.
Send entries of approximately 250 words to share@ancestry.com by 17
March 2007. Please include your name and phone number with entries.
1f. Using RootsWeb:
KEEPING UP WITH WHAT?S NEW ON ROOTSWEB
Yesterday I went for a walk at lunch and noticed a small anthill. I
watched a handful of ants scurrying in and out of the tiny mound and
wondered how much activity was going on underground that I couldn?t
see. An entire colony of worker ants was underneath that small hill
tunneling, transporting food, and doing who knows what else. RootsWeb
is like that.
Thousands of RootsWeb users (and don?t forget the handful of
dedicated staff) are scattered around the world busily at work
keeping RootsWeb in tact. They are building websites, submitting user
databases, exchanging genealogical information via boards and mailing
lists, fixing bugs on the site, and generally making RootsWeb better.
But, like the ant hill, all that activity can remain underground--
virtually invisible--unless we know where to look.
Fortunately, RootsWeb provides a few tools to help us keep up-to-date
with what is new and upcoming on the site. I like to think of these
tools as turning an anthill into an ant farm--a glass box that gives
us an insider?s look at all that behind-the-scenes activity.
NEWSROOM, NEWSROOM MAILING LIST, AND NEWSROOM RSS FEED
The most recent feature introduced to keep RootsWeb users informed is
the RootsWeb Newsroom. You can link directly to it by visiting
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aEO0E8 or find it off the homepage
under the ?Getting Started? section.
The Newsroom works like a blog. Staff at RootsWeb post announcements
and readers can post comments and get a dialogue going. Right now,
the Newsroom has announcements about the new WorldConnect server, a
RootsWeb survey you can take to provide feedback about RootsWeb, some
message board fixes, and more.
If you?d like to read the Newsroom announcements but know you?re
bound to forget checking them on a regular basis, you can get the
announcements by doing what RootsWeb does best: using a mailing list.
The Newsroom Announcement-Mailing List will send you an e-mail
containing the newest announcements from the Newsroom. Subscribe by
going to the list?s page at
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aEP0EA
The Newsroom Announcement Mailing List will send you an e-mail
containing the newest announcements from the Newsroom as they are
posted. The list is an announcements-only list, so you can't submit
comments to the list; for that, go straight to the Newsroom and make
your comments there. (Note: Whether you sign up for the traditional
list or the digest version you will receive e-mails as posts to the
Newsroom are made. There isn't enough traffic for a digest version.)
If an RSS Feed (Really Simple Syndication Feed) is more your style,
you can also have Newsroom announcements sent to you that way. An
explanation of what an RSS feed is and how to sign up for one are
included on the Newsroom itself. For the sake of brevity, I?ll simply
provide the link to those instructions here rather than repeating
them (http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aDw0Em I used them
to get an RSS feed for the Newsroom set up on my
personalized Google homepage this morning without much hassle.
I?d also like to add a little plug for the Newsroom. Since it is so
new, not many messages have been posted yet. And fewer reader
responses to those announcements have been posted. As with most other
things at RootsWeb, the more you participate, the better it is. You
can make the Newsroom as helpful and cool as you want it by returning
to it frequently and posting your own comments.
WHAT?S NEW PAGE
Like the RootsWeb Newsroom, the What?s New Page is located under the
?Getting Started? section on the RootsWeb homepage. Or go to
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aDx0En
The What?s New Page is where RootsWeb staff post the new user-
contributed databases, mailing lists, and websites on the site. Of
course you already know that weekly additions to these databases,
mailing lists, and websites are printed in this newsletter each week
too.
HELP PAGE
You can access the Help page in one of three ways: by clicking the
Help tab on the homepage, clicking the ?FAQs and Help-Related
Resources? link under the ?Help? section on the homepage, or going
directly to http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aDy0Eo
The Help page is the place to go to find answers to your questions
about using RootsWeb. It?s also the place to get announcements about
maintenance fixes to the site. While the Newsroom includes
announcements about everything under the sun, including some
maintenance fixes, ALL maintenance announcements are posted on the
Help page. You?ll recognize them because they are posted in a bright
yellow box at the top of the page.
IN A NUTSHELL
RootsWeb should be an ant farm, not an anthill. We should be able to
see all the hard work going on behind-the-scenes. To keep up-to-date
on new databases, mailing lists, and websites, visit the What?s New
page. To keep up-to-date on maintenance fixes to the site itself,
visit the Help page. And to keep up-to-date on RootsWeb happenings in
general, visit the Newsroom or sign up for the Newsroom Announcement
Mailing List.
And, of course, don't forget this newsletter. It's a great way to
keep up on RootsWeb and hear from other members of the RootsWeb
community. But, if you're reading this already, then I guess I'm
preaching to the choir.
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2. Connecting Through RootsWeb:
GENEALOGISTS ARE ONE FAMILY
By Donna O?Neill
Santa Clara, CA
Several weeks ago a fellow genealogist was traveling from Minnesota
through the eastern part of South Dakota and went into an antique
store.
She saw a beautiful old Bible that was going up for auction the next
Friday. She took the family information down from inside the Bible
and went into RootsWeb to see if she could find the family listed. It
was the Bible of the family of Edward and Hannah Needham who lived
in the Lake Preston, South Dakota, area in the late 1800s. Edward was
my great-grand-uncle, the eldest brother of my great-grandfather,
Melville Needham.
I have had my family tree listed with RootsWeb for several years, and
she found my listing of Edward and Hannah Needham, and, bless her
heart, e-mailed me to ask if I was interested. She is not of our
family--a complete stranger--but she took the time to look for the
family. I told her I was definitely interested. I sure didn?t want
the Bible out of the family.
She traveled back to the antique store in a snowstorm to attend the
auction. She called me about half an hour before the auction closed
and said she wasn?t sure she could stay because it was becoming a
regular blizzard outside. I told her to leave if she needed to, and
not to take a chance on her life, but she decided to stay. About a
week later I received the Bible. It is about the most beautiful one
I?ve ever seen.
Thanks to that wonderful person from Minnesota, the Bible is now back
in our family and the information inside about the family is
invaluable. Also, I wish to thank RootsWeb for making this kind of
connection possible. I have found so many family members through
RootsWeb and lasting friendships have been made with ?cousins? I
never knew existed.
3. BOTTOMLESS MAILBAG
[Editor's note: The opinions expressed herein are those of the
authors and are not necessarily those of the editor or of
RootsWeb.com].
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Letter from a Missouri Doughboy
By Debbi Geer
dgirth@yahoo.com
While reading the most recent issue of the RootsWeb Review
at http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aEQ0EB I read the notice
about Ancestry looking for stories about veterans. While researching
my husband's family I happened to find a letter that his mother's
first cousin had written to her parents (his aunt and uncle) about
his life in the military during WWI. It's well over the limit for
words and I don't think there's any way that it could be reduced and
still express his feelings and experiences. Thus, I am submitting it
to you. I think it does a good job of telling what the doughboys went
through back then.
The following letter was written by Henry ?Pug? Roy Page (1893-1971)
a few months after being seriously injured during WWI. It was sent to
his mother?s youngest sister and her husband after he returned to the
States.
Fort Des Moines, Iowa
March 11
Dear Uncle, Aunt and all:
Will answer your most highly appreciated letter which I received
yesterday. Was glad indeed to hear from you. This leaves me as mean
as ever; hope it will find you all well.
I will give you a little sketch of a few things I have seen and went
through since I saw you all last:
I went into the service on July 7th, 1918, and was sent to Camp
McArthur, Texas, for training, and on August 15, I started for
debarkation camp and arrived at Camp Merritt, N.J., on August 18th,
and on August 21st, we sailed for Liverpool, England. Had a very nice
trip over, except my bunk was not quite as soft as my mother used to
have. But nevertheless, we landed on the 5th of September and were
loaded on the train and shipped to Southampton, England. We were
there two days, and from there we boarded a transport and crossed the
English Channel and landed at Le Havre, France. From there we hiked
out to a rest camp about seven miles out. It was called a rest camp
merely because chow was scarce and our stomachs got a rest.
On the third night we were there, about 10 o?clock, while we were
having a nice shower (we had quite a few showers) we got orders to
fall out with full packs. We boarded side door pullmans after
reaching town and were soon on our way to St. George where we got
about ten days more hard drilling. From there 200 of us were sent to
the 5th Division, which was back in reserve, to replace the boys who
happened to have hard luck.
After about two weeks of hard drilling and hiking, we landed up in
support, just back of the front line, about 6 o?clock a.m., October
12, my birthday. They scattered us around in a thicket; the shells
were raining all around. But at that, we slept fairly well, as we had
hiked since 3 o?clock in the afternoon of the day before. That
evening, we got the order to fall in. So, after we had all lined up,
our company commander told us in a very brief and quiet manner what
was next, and for our own good what we should and what we should not
do. We were out on post until 7 o?clock the following morning, when
we were relieved. Our artillery had not gotten set as yet, so we took
turns holding our own until they got ready. Jerry was throwing his
whizz bangs pretty swift when we started back. My battalion got
scattered pretty badly, and did not get together again until sometime
during the night of the 13th.
The next morning about 4 o?clock we started up again. It was yet dark
when we had finished our little dugouts. About 5:30 our barrage
started and very shortly afterwards Jerry started his. At 8:30 we
started over to see what we could find. We had not gone far until I
found something I could not get away with it. It was a high explosive
shell that had my number. My right arm was torn off just below the
elbow. My third finger on the other hand was also torn off and my
left leg was so badly shattered that three weeks later an amputation
was the only show. It was taken off just below the knee. About the
first thing I witnessed after I got to the field hospital was a
fellow trying to stick a Camel cigarette in my mouth. And of course
after I had opened my eyes and found out what was going on, he
had no further difficulty. Ask any doughboy how a tailor-made
American cigarette went with him along that hour of life.
Well, I guess I will stop now for it is almost bed time. One more
thing I wish to tell you, I am from Missouri. Show me. And I am not
dead yet.
So good night. I am as ever,
Your nephew,
H. R. Page
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The BOWSER Name
Mitch Carter
Bristol, UK
Reading last week?s newsletter at
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aEQ0EB I see there was a
question about the origins of the name BOWSER.
I submit the following information for those so interested.
A group of variations for BOWSER include BOOZER, BOUCHER, BOUCHIER,
BOURCHIER, and BOWSHER.
Early references to these names are:
Boose's Green in Colne Engaine, Essex, UK.
Robert and John de BURSER, BOUSSER 1285, 1303, BURGHCHER 1349.
BOURCHIER'S alias BOUCHIER'S Hall in Aldham Essex, UK.
John de BOURCHIER 1311; Bouchier's Grange in Great Coggeshall Essex,
UK.
John de BUSSER 1326
Bourchiers Chapel in Tollesbury, Essex, UK.
John de BOUSSER 1328.
Bouchier's Hall in Messing, Essex, UK.
Boarstyle Farm and Bowser's Hall in Rivenhall, Essex, UK.
Robert de BOUSER, BOUSSIER, BOURCHIER 1327, 1339.
Name is possibly derived from ?dweller in the place planted with
bushes.? A similar French name is BUSSIERE.
It would seem that there is a likelihood that some people with those
variations of the BOWSER name would have ancestors that came from the
Essex area of the UK.
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The BOWSER Name
Lydia Krise
Regarding last week's Humor/Humour column, I am related to both
Bowsers and Barefoots (Barefeet?). These names are not unusual in
western Pennsylvania, where I grew up, and wouldn't raise an eyebrow!
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Tricky Handwriting
By Ron Kirlew
My ancestors lived in Northern England and most were bricklayers and
labourers and ditch diggers. Imagine how I felt when I got a copy of
my grandfather?s birth certificate dated 1867 (hand written of
course), which stated that his father?s occupation at the time was
?Lawyer.? Of course I was very proud to think that my great-
grandfather was such a well-educated and intelligent thirty-four-
year-old man back in those days. Especially knowing that he came from
a working class family. Imagine my dismay when a few years later I
was told by my family historian that my great-grandfather was never
in fact a ?Lawyer? but was actually a ?Sawyer,? and his job was
really cutting down trees!
[Editor's Note: Ron, I think you can still be proud of your Sawyer
great-grandfather. There's nothing wrong with cutting down trees for
a living. In fact, I think many people would rather have a Sawyer for
a relative than a Lawyer anyway! I saw a funny lawyer cartoon online
this week, drawn by Jason Love. The picture showed a father talking
to his son, who had just finished mowing the lawn. The caption
underneath read, "No, Jimmy, I distinctly said that you can 'halve'
your allowance if you mow the lawn. That's why we ask for things in
writing." Oh, and by the way, the capital letters "S" and "L" are
often misread and mis-transcribed.]
4. New at RootsWeb
4a. New User-contributed Databases at RootsWeb
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aD20Ed
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The following databases have come online recently.
They are searchable, but not browseable.
Search: To look for specific data or occurrence of text in a file.
Browse: To view the entire contents of a file or a group of files.
US Book Indexes: Hanna of Castle Sorbie, Scotland, and Descendants;
9662 records; Wayne and Micky Hannah.
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aD30Ee
CALIFORNIA. San Joaquin County. Glenn Petition; 1096 records; Matt
Mathews.
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aD40Ef
ILLINOIS. Vermilion County. Vermilion County IL Marriages to 1850;
4308 records; Amy E. Baity.
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aD50Eg
INDIANA. Bartholomew County. Harmony Cemetery; 367 records; John
Richardson.
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aD60Eh
INDIANA. Fountain County. Silver Island Cemetery; 186 records; Joni
Fortier.
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aD60Eh
PENNSYLVANIA. Adams County. Alumni Dillsburg High School 1947; 27
records; Carrie White.
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aD70Ei
PENNSYLVANIA. Adams County. Alumni York Springs High School 1947; 16
records; Carrie White.
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aD70Ei
4b. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Individuals
To Request a Free Web Account: http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aD80Ej
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Can your cousins find your website at RootsWeb? Has it ever been
mentioned here or do you have a new, updated, or substantially
revised website at RootsWeb (it will have "freepages" or "homepages"
in the URL)? Send the URL, the title of the website, the name of the
author, and a BRIEF description of the site, including major
surnames, to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com
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If your genealogical or historical related site is located somewhere
other than at RootsWeb.com, you can add the link here:
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aEA0Et
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WEBSTER, HUDSON, AND ASSOCIATED FAMILIES. By Judy Webster. Surnames
include AGAR, BARBER, CORDUEX, GIBLETT, HARLEY, HUDSON, MATTHEW,
MUSTELL, PEACOCK, PORTER, WEBSTER. Mainly England (London,
Middlesex, Surrey, Yorkshire, Durham, Somerset, Derbyshire, Kent
and elsewhere) and Australia (especially Queensland, New South
Wales, Victoria). Biographical details, source citations, charts,
indexes, some photos.
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aEB0Eu
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STEINKE, RIENECKER, HAHN, AND ASSOCIATED FAMILIES. By Judy Webster.
Surnames include STEINKE, RIENECKER or REINECKER, HAHN, JORGENSEN,
KLIBBE, KOY, NAUMANN, SCHIMKE (emigrants from Germany/Prussia to
Queensland, Australia, and their descendants). Biographical
details, source citations, charts, indexes, some photos.
http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aEC0Ev
4c. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Counties, States, and
Genealogical/Historical Societies
To Request a Free Web Account: http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aD80Ej
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Some of these Web pages might not yet be accessible. They are created
by volunteers, so if one that interests you isn't up yet, please
check again in a few days or next week.
No New/Updated Freepages and Homepages by Counties, States, and
Genealogical/Historical Societies This Week.
4d. New Mailing Lists
To Request a New Mailing List: http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aEE0Ex
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For information and an index to the more than 30,000 RootsWeb-hosted
genealogy mailing lists and for easy subscribing (joining) options go
to: http://email.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin13/DM/y/ekOc0UXhDD0HQR0aEF0Ey
NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS
ADGIE
ALLBROOK
ASHDOWN
BESEROCK
BOGUS
BUDDLE
CARENDUFF
CATTERSON
CHIKE
DAWN
DEVERSON
DREGE
DUNTZENHEIM
ETTINGER
HAPTED
HARKLAU
HELEN
HIGMAN
HIPKINS
HUNTERMAN
JEREMIAS
MINSHEW
MUTLOW
PAGDEN
PECSI
PINES
RENFREW
SCHMERSE
STIPE
WESTING
WROTH
NEW REGIONAL MAILING LISTS
AUS-NSW-PARRAMATTA -- A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical
or historical interest in the district of Parramatta, New South
Wales, Australia.
DC-MEMORIES -- This list is for the reminiscing about living and
growing up in D.C., whether it be personal memories or those that
will help us learn more about our ancestors who lived in this
area.
ENG-DEV-SOUTHTAWTON -- A mailing list for people researching their
ancestors from the parish of South Tawton, Devon, England. Sharing
of information regarding individuals, families, and local history
will be encouraged.
ITA-SICILY-VENTIMIGLIA -- A mailing list about genealogical
research of Ventimiglia di Sicilia. Open to all.
NEW ETHNIC OR SPECIAL INTEREST MAILING LISTS
KNAPP-DNA -- A list for those with the surname Knapp who are
interested in using DNA for genealogical research or have already
been tested and wish to discuss testing and results.
OREGONSOC -- Oregon Genealogical Society member mail list.
SSDI -- This list is for the discussion of the Social Security
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My great-great-grandpa didn't have such an unusual name, considering
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when I Google it--Christian (or Christ) Warning.
Thanks to Jill Doyle
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